The original plane is actually a kids through plane for 5 Euro. I saw my kids flying great with this little one and so I decided to buy one for conversion.

The motor combo and servos have been quickly selected and then I started the conversion:1) The rudders I attached to the existing fixed (glued) rudder & elevator wing (cut from 2 mm balsa wood (whole length and 3 cm width).2) The servos were glued in a section under the wing into the fuselage (of course I cut the the space first. The connection to the rudders I managed by gluing on the surface of the fuselage the rods that hold the 0,8 mm steel rudder connections (same style as Multiplex does with almost all of its foam planes). This enforces the stability of the fuselage.3) the wing was reinforced with a 1 mm CFK rod and then glued inplace.4) the front part of the plane (30 mm) was caped, a light balsa wood (3 mm) was glued in place (as a holder - firewall - for the motor) the motor was screwed in place and fixed with additional drops of 5-min epoxy)5) from the cut part I managed to prepare a motor cover (very carefully).6) some more part of the fuselage is carved out by a soldering pen - careful that you do not cut out too much) to make room for the BEC and the receiver.7) the battery is placed just after the wing end in order to achieve the balance point of the plane correctly (note: before doing any kind of conversion - assemble the plane and throw it like a kids - if it flies right, mark the point of balance at the underside of the wing! Like this you have no problem to place th items after the conversion.8) in order to be able to start from our terrace or indoor I fixed some light weight wheels (2 main and 1 back which is not steered).

The whole conversion took about 4 hours!

Flight Experience:

Impressively well with the motor on - but it does not sail well.You may fly it like a bee around your head, very low passes (and if it is too low nothing happens!!!!!). You can not let it fly to far away as it becomes difficult to see due to its size. I have this plane (and the Merlin) always in my car as it is quickly assembled and very easy to fly as it reacts very good on both rudder and elevator. Ailerons are not really necessary!

Fun stuff for the advanced pilot!

The video shows how much fun this little plane can be... but it got over my head and I wanted to be too brave and fly behind the camera-woman.... crash!!!!But.... after a few drops of glue it flies again (oh ... of course ... a new prop was also needed!).